I would say that Letterman did not do well by himself at all tonight, in both or any sense you can take those words.
He was outright hostile, sneaky , and dishonest with O'Reilly, and seemed to have him on ONLY to ambush him with cheap shots and play to his own captive audience. I expect O'R will be talking about this tomorrow on the radio, and I expect Letterman will be getting a lot of flak about this from a variety of sources and will issue a half-hearted apology of sorts on Wednesday night's show. I was VERY disappointed in Letterman , and will probably not watch his show again. The few times I've turned on Leno, I was surprised at how good it was.
Leno's also a lib, but he's not as stupid about it as Dave Letterman.
I hope Letterman continues his ratings slide against Leno.
Letterman was wildly entertaining....twenty years ago.
He jumped the shark when he took the walk to black rock.
Don't be surprised. In the eighties Leno was one the best standups in the business. That's why Carson gave him the job. He's almost certainly a lib, but he doesn't have the inner meanness and pettiness of Letterman.